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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: July 21, 2022

Chasing some dollars to fund your next recording or cross-country tour? Hoping to enter your songs into a lucrative competition? Seeking showcase opportunities at festivals and conferences? Check our calendar and get into the groove. Dates for the next Indie Week online conference (pictured) have been announced.

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: July 21, 2022

By Kerry Doole

Festivals and Conference Submission Deadlines

 

Now Open

CIMA Road Gold certification. Awarded to artists selling at least 25K tickets during their Canadian tour(s) over a 12-month period

 


 

Grants and Funding Deadlines

 

Now open

Canada Council Grants

 


 

Now open

FACTOR Songwriting Development Program

 


 

Now open

Applications for SOCAN Foundation Relief Fund

 


 

Now open

Applications for FACTOR Comprehensive Artist program

 


 

Now open

Applications for SOCAN Foundation Travel Grants

 


 

23-Jul-22

Applications to showcase at Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg

 


 

25-Aug-22

Applications for Radio Starmaker funding

 


 

15-Sep-22

Submissions for SOCAN Foundation Canadian Music Assistance

 


 

15-Sep-22

Applications for OMIF Music Creation grant

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

6-8-Sept-22

Music Pro Summit

 


 

8-11-Sept-22

Canadian Country Music Week, Calgary, AB

 


 

13-18-Sept- 22

Americana conference and festival, Nashville, TN

 


 

28-Sept-Oct-2-22

BreakOut West festival and conference

 


 

8-12-Nov-22

Indie Week conference

 


 

15-18-Nov-22

Mundial Montreal festival and conference

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30-Mar-2-Apr-23

Canadian Folk Music Awards, Vancouver, BC

 


 

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Wyckham Porteous
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Wyckham Porteous

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Obituaries: Singer-Songwriter Wyckham Porteous, Rivoli Co-Founder David Stearn, Jazz Vocalist Cassandra Wilson

This week we also knowledge the passing of Texan country star Frankie Miller.

Wyckham Porteous, an acclaimed folk-rock singer-songwriter and playwright who was long a fixture on the Vancouver scene, died on Aug. 17, a day before his 70th birthday.

Over a long and musically varied career, Porteous released six albums under his own name and collaborated with other local artists. Mainstream commercial success eluded him, but his work attracted critical kudos and the respect of his peers.

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